Improvement in paint-brushes



UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVUS A. SOHUSTER AND JOHN L. DRISOOLL, OF OAKLAND, CALIFOR- NIA,ASSIGNORS TO GUSTAVUS A. SOHUSTER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAINT-BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,723, dated August17, 1875; application filed May 26, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GUSTAVUS A. SGHUS- TER and JOHN L. DRISCOLL, bothof Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in the Construction ofPaint- Brush Binders, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation. Fig. 3 isa plan view of the drip-cup or outer case. Fig. 4 is a side elevation,showing the brush clamp and holder. Fig. 5 is a side elevation, showingthe brushclamp and holder, with the brush.

In Fig. 1, A represents the handle of the brush-holder B, the drip-cupor outside case 5 O, the bristles of the brush.

In Fig. 2, A represents the handle of the brush-holder; B, the drip-cup;O,thebristles; D, the binding of the brush. E represents the sideclamps, which are corrugated, as seen in Fig. 4., to fit the wire orother wrapping of the brush-head. F, in Figs. 4 and 5, represents smallsprings in the clamps E. G is a screw designed to adjust the brush-clampin relation to the drip-cup B. E represents the springclamps, designedto hold the binding or head of the paint-brush while the same is downnear the bottom of the drip-cup B.

The following is the construction and operation of the same Thebrush-holder, consisting of the parts A, E, F, and G, has the handle A,like the handle of an ordinary paintbrush, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.The handle A of an ordinary paint brush is cut off close to the head,and the brush is placed in the holder, as shown in Fig. 5, and it isplaced into the drip-cup B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the screw Grbeing operated to draw the clamps E with the brush or bristles O firmlyinto the drip cupB, thereby tightening the brush by means of the clampsE impinging upon the bell-shaped or flaringinner sides of the cup B. Theflattened sides of the chamber H of the drip-cup B are turned upon thespring-clamps E, tightening them against the head or binding of thebrush D, and holding itfirmly in place. The dotted lines in Fig. 2 showthe brush rinsed out, where it may be held tightly at any desiredelevation, the clamps E being pressed against it by the flare of thecup, as has been shown.

In Fig. l the flattened side of the drip-cup or chamber H is turned tothe front, as shown by the dark line shading I.

In Fig. 2 the flattened sides, so as to present a straight line for theside of the dripcup as the brush wears the same, may be placed furtherout in the brush-clamp, which is corrugated to fit the wrapping orbinding of the brush head, and may be tightened and held in place, ashas been shown.

When painting overhead the drippings of the brush run into the cup B,thus preventing any from dropping from the brush, and by tipping downand working against the sides of the paint-pot the brush takes up thepaint that has run into the cup B.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The combination and arrangement of the drip-cup B, having the flattenedsides I, with the brush-holder or devices A, E, F, and G, when arrangedand operated substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

GUSTAVUS .A. SOHUSTER. JOHN L. DRISOOLL.

Attest:

JOHN H. REns'roNE, S. A. REnsroNE.

